GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mendicant | beggar |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |